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Description: | A copper alloy horse harness pendant of Medieval date. The pendant is flat and hexagonal in shape with projecting globular knops at each corner of the hexagon. There is a globular knop at the centre of the hexagon from which radiate thin bands that connect the centre with the projecting knops at each exterior corner. There is a thin border around the edge of the hexagon. This creates six triangular fields that contain alternating red and blue enamel. From the globular knop at the top fo the pendant is an incomplete, integral circular suspension loop set at right angles to the main plate of the pendant. The globular knops, connecting lines and border on the front face of the pendant all have traces of an added white metal coating. There is evidence of a similar white metal coating covering the entire flat back face of the pendant. This harness pendant measures 25.48mm in length including suspension loop, 19.91mm in width, 4.04mm in thickness, and weighs 4.68g.
Similar heraldic harness pendants with projecting knops and triangular fields are noted in Ashley (2002: fig. 23 nos. 233-233), including one example with four triangular fields with alternating red and blue enamelling. These suggest a date for the current example in the 13th or 14th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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